>>>Terry,
>>>
>>>>I thought it was going to be hand-bags at dawn too.
>>>
>>>Was that ever a Monty Python skit? *g*
>>
>>Hey David
>>
>>Not sure. But it's a commonly used expression here. You're probably thinking of the The {something} Town Women's Guild Re-enactrment of the Battle of Britain, where they all laid into each other with hand-bags on a beach somewhere, getting covered in muddy sand. :-)
>
>Oh, I don't know, "Hell's Grannys" was the first thing that popped into my head.

I think they used their walking sticks and anything to hand, and the sketch wasn't like a duel so to speak.